The Jihad Jane and Joe Stack cases show that terrorism is not described in easily glib language as the editors at Newsweek.com would have us believe. Instead, terrorists come in all shapes, sizes, ethnicity and causes for their outrage. We have to consider the act as the definition of terror as opposed to definining terrorism by the perpetrators. That should prevent people like congressman Steve King (R-IA-5) “empathetic” toward one act of terror while admonishing others ( I thought Republicans didn’t believe in empathy btw ).

While it may make people feel better to create imaginary profiles of terrorists, as the recruitment of Jihad Jane shows, given a firm profile terrorist will simply adjust and adapt.

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